Does Size matter in a fight? Mighty Mouse submitting 260lb man in OP

[IIVI]

Who says basketball?

Basketball doesn't have even close to the best athletes because the height requirements alone eliminate 95% of the great athletes, and the skill requirements on top of that mean that athleticism only gets you so far there.

Football, though, is one of the best places in the world for a good athlete to end up because it requires such a range of athletic skills, not as much non-athletic skill, AND pays more than almost anything else.


If you're talking people under 5'10", though, you're probably most likely to find the great athletes in fighting sports.

I agree actually and what I was kind of pointing out: it's a sport that favors tall people but not all sports favor tall people.

 

[Neuromancer]

Football, though, is one of the best places in the world for a good athlete to end up because it requires such a range of athletic skills, not as much non-athletic skill, AND pays more than almost anything else.

A number of football players do MMA training for stamina and conditioning and aren't too bad either.

 

[MisterMajesty]

At the end of the day the truth is fighters win fights, not heights and lengths.

Everyone has something they can do in a fight the other person can't do. Whoever can make the other person fight their fight wins. Ring generalship/Fight IQ is far more important.

Again, this ain't short gang talking. It's just as hard to keep someone at a distance with the jab/footwork as it is to close the distance. One wrong reach or decision and you can be done for. Short dude who knows what they're doing gets in and gets their hands on you on the inside and you're fukked. Short people's advantage according to physics is they can turn quicker and do things in tighter spaces that taller fighters simply can't and trained fighters know how to do that really well. Smaller fighter in a grapple can get their arm/leg in a tight space, contort, slip and turn the advantage badly. Some people are so good to the point they only got to get in once and they can end the fight. Shorter/smaller grapplers can more easily transition from move-to-move as well.

Too many judge fighters (and themselves if they fight) for what they don't got rather than the advantages they do got. In comparison the best fighters see their opportunities. You know how many taller fighter George St. Pierre outclassed? Funny enough the only two fighters to beat him were shorter. Jon Jones just beat a taller fighter and basically nobody thinks any of the taller fighters at his current weight are touching him either.

The other dude may have a big weight advantage, but a guy who's 180 lbs. and explosive punching power can one hit someone weighing 280 lbs. if they get a clean hit.

Volk and Roberto Duran come to mind on this one.

 

[Devilinurear]

Man I was tired and didn't have my second breakfast that day

 

[Kasper KArr]

Tank is around 4 feet tall. I will pick this nikka up and throw him out the ring

Oh really? Just like you did to them Memphis nikkas who stripped you and robbed you for your work?

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

 

[stepbackj34spud]

Rnt

 

[Regular Developer]

Dude fell like one of the boss battles in the simposon arcade game

 

[Samori Toure]

 

[Neuromancer]

 

[Grand Cru Boo]

Keep YOUR GUARD UP


Hate seeing this. Keep your knuckles on your jawline. Kee your shoulders square.


Once you drop them, you’re asking to be KOed

 

[krackdagawd]

What happens when “big dudes” go to a boxing gym talking crazy

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Every sport has weight classes for a reason.

Boxing, wrestling, football, basketball.

 

[Neuromancer]

What happens when “big dudes” go to a boxing gym talking crazy

got cleaned up quick

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

What happens when “big dudes” go to a boxing gym talking crazy

He wanted to tackle him so bad